cvs commit: src/sys/dev/acpica acpi_cmbat.c

[David W. Chapman Jr.]

On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 06:36:07PM +0000, Nate Lawson wrote:
> njl         2004-08-17 18:36:07 UTC
> 
>   FreeBSD src repository
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/dev/acpica       acpi_cmbat.c 
>   Log:
>   Fix a deadlock on boot for some systems where reading the battery status
>   also generates a notify.  Since we held the lock over this call, the
>   notify never got to run and the battery status read never returned.
>   Document this also.
>   
I've had a problem booting -CURRENT on my laptop for quite some 
time.  It would completely lock the machine while loading the kernel.  Might this 
fix that?

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David W. Chapman Jr.
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